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Teachers’ Day: Nigerian Teachers Deserve Better

October 5 is set aside to celebrate teachers across the world. World Teachers’ Day is iconic. It cuts national and regional boundaries. Unfortunately, for...

Do not pity President Tinubu

“We have corruption, insecurity, and many problems confronting us … but don’t pity me. I asked for the job. I campaigned for it. No...

How long can Nigeria go under Tinubu?

I have always been fascinated by a phrase in the marital vows of Christians during wedding rituals: “till death do us part”! My candid...

2023 Elections: Addendum to EU Report

Several months ago, I wrote an article on INEC which was published on the pages of some Nigerian newspapers. In that article, 2023 General...

How misuse of 13% Derivation Affects Isoko

I was in Gombe in November 2022 when the discovery of oil was announced. The reactions that followed that announcement were two-fold. One of...

The Governor of Enugu State

By Chuks Iloegbunam There is this social media skit on democracy that is forever entertaining. In it, a teacher tells his students that, despite Abraham...

Let’s Throw In The Towel To Save Nigerians From Annihilation

I am here to eat my words, that is, to swallow my own vomit. Back in time, I had written that it’s time for the...

Order and stability: a case for Nigeria’s youth

Change is inevitable! The trouble however is that, most times, one doesn’t see it coming; not even the military; otherwise, all coups would have...

Can the Isoko Representatives at NASS Deliver?

On one of those days of a perfect misunderstanding of intent, I casually mentioned to one of my former bosses of my disinterest in...

Peeping into BAT’s Agenda

In celebration of the 57th anniversary of Nigeria’s Independence, I wrote an article titled “Post-Independence Nigeria – A Panoramic View”, published in the October 4,...

President Tinubu must hear this!

All through history, finding and keeping round and square pegs in their respective holes has never been a Sugarcandy Mountain party. It’s a tough...

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Reuben Abati’s Immolating Silence

Dr. Reuben Abati may not be guilty of anything. It is possible he has not committed any crime or ethical infractions. All the finger-pointing and the brouhaha may be much ado about zilch. Some of us may have been guilty of slander...

The Silent Epidemic: Why Nigeria Must Stop Turning a Blind Eye to Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is a cancer eating deep into the...

The Sophie B. Oluwole that I know

What can anyone say about a woman who died...

Sexual Cannibalism

Assuming women were like the female praying mantis or the female black widow that feed on the male counterpart during or after sex, how many men would have loved or love to be loved by women?

Racism Redefined: The Rest Of America Is Darkness, But For The History Of Africa

Today, we are here recording the Rebirth of pride; the Rebirth of a lost civilization; the Rebirth of superiority of Africans, even after many years of being deliberately shrouded in perceived absolute crime, ignorance, childlike innocence, and shameless rot...

Between Dr. Abati, CNN, Nigerians & Nigeria

In writing Between CNN and Nigeria, Dr. Abati misapplied his skills, his education, his talents and his advocacy skills. Worse, he did all these in support of CNN, a media organization that has created a cottage industry excoriating Nigeria! Is Dr. Abati seeking some sort of award from the Americans?

Fear of God and Manifestation of the Sons of God

The fear of God or the want of it is what separates the few on the narrow way from the multitudes in the world and multitudes in the Church on the broad-way. The fear of God is what ‘begets’ those eternal sons of God...

On General Buhari’s Sinister Code Of Silence

General Buhari took his misfortune and fall from grace to grass like a stoic to the extent that he kept mum when his new boss Sanni Abacha killed Nigerians at will. He also did not say anything when bombs were systematically targeted at perceived opponents of the Abacha junta...

Enugu Monarch Errs On Igbo Tradition Because Of Road Construction

It might not be the writer’s fault, because many of the contemporaries have been brainwashed into seeing anything African as demonic. This is because of their Christian indoctrination or inclination, which is dotingly maneuvering in the South-East region of Nigeria...

The Silent Working Governor

Good governance is a democratic idea and process that...